Beginnings – Ancient Christian Readings of the Biblical Creation Narratives

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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Beskrivning

What are we missing when we look at the creation narratives of Genesis only or primarily through the lens of modern discourse about science and religion? Theologian Peter Bouteneff explores how first-millennium Christian understandings of creation can inform current thought in the church and in the public square. He reaches back into the earliest centuries of our era to recover the meanings that early Jewish and Christian writers found in the stories of the six days of creation and of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Readers will find that their forbears in the faith saw in the Genesis narrative not simply an account of origins but also a rich teaching about the righteousness of God, the saving mission of Christ, and the destiny of the human creature.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-10-01
Mått:162 x 231 x 14 mm
Vikt:390 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Baker Publishing Group
ISBN:9780801032332

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

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Peter C. Bouteneff (DPhil, University of Oxford) is associate professor of theology at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Crestwood, New York. He is the author of Sweeter Than Honey: Orthodox Thinking on Dogma and Truth and coauthor of Beyond the East-West Divide: The WCC and "the Orthodox Problem."

Innehållsförteckning

And There Was Evening: A Preface The Authors under ReviewThe Questions We PoseA Word about Language1. And There was Morning: An Introduction The Text and Its JourneySilence and Irruption: First References to Genesis 1-32. At the Birth of Christian Reflection: Paul and the New Testament Paul in ContextPaul and ScripturePaul and the Paradise Narrative: Sin and DeathPaul and the Paradise Narrative: Gender and MarriagePaul and the EvangelistsPostscript: The Pastoral EpistlesConclusions3. Recapitulation: The Second-Century Apologists The Scriptures of the PeopleJustin MartyrMelito of SardisTheophilus of AntiochIrenaeus of LyonsConclusions4. Senses of Scripture: The World of Origen and the Origin of the World TertullianOrigenConclusions5. Paradise, Whatever That May Mean: The Cappadocians and Their Origen Cyril of JerusalemAthanasius of AlexandriaEnshrining Origen: The PhilocaliaBasil of CaesareaGregory of NazianzusGregory of NyssaConclusions6. These Are the Generations: Concluding Observations Scripture and ExegesisThe HexaemeronParadiseAllegory, Type, and HistoryThe One Thing NeedfulAppendix: Genesis 1-3 and 5:1-5 Indexes